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Growing up in Atlanta at the end of segregation, Evelynn M. Hammonds faced her share of discrimination as one of the earliest groups of black students bussed to white schools...
...provide adoptive families with follow-up support specifically tailored to their situation. "We don't know [exactly] what families will experience once they've adopted a child," says Toni Oliver, a representative for the National Association of Black Social Workers and founder of Roots, an adoption agency in Atlanta. "But there's no way at this point for the family to even come back to the agency and get support after the fact." Even the Jolie-Pitts of the world could use some help, says Oliver, describing one white couple who have adopted both internationally and transracially: "The dad said...
...would not be doing what I do today if not for two encounters I never would have sought out on my own. After my freshman year in college, I interned in the sports department of the CBS affiliate in Atlanta and spent my days taking notes on the then hapless Braves' baseball games. One day news from Tiananmen Square suddenly interrupted the CBS feed. Chinese soldiers mauled students and then lunged toward the CBS cameraman filming the scene. I sat looking at my clipboard, wondering what on earth I was doing with my life. Three years later...
...really loved Atlanta and thought it was like an unformed ball of clay with so much potential,” says Mayer. “Izzy thought it was a shithole...
...structured the film to resemble the city itself. Bethel notes that just as Atlanta is an eclectic town with little sense of community, so too the vignettes within the film are essentially unrelated, despite being set against the same geographical backdrop. The dynamism of the city also determined the way in which they filmed “Terminus.” Mayer advised Bethel, who also acted as camera operator, not to use shot lists, but instead to have a more improvisational approach...